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There are two motives for reading a book: one, that you enjoy it; the...
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All censorships exist to prevent any one from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions....
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Brevity is the soul of wit.
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Success is counted sweetest by those who ne’er succeed.
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Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.
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In later life, as in earlier, only a few persons influence the formation of...
Quote #9897
We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.
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Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own...
Quote #32615
The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our...
Quote #27660
Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely...